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 1970s Top 40 Rate - The 'Impossible' Part One, Numbers 33 and 36s - The Results |
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 Jul 20 2015, 03:59 PM
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  1970s Top 40 Rate - The Impossible Part 1 Due to the relatively obscure nature of the tracks below, you can vote as follows: +10 +9 +8 +7 +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1 If you can't pick ten songs, you can try four: +10 +7 +4 +1 And alternatively, if you can only pick three: +10 +5 +1 Number 33s Kinks - Victoria Temptations - Psychadelic Shack Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch D, B, M & T - Mr President Freda Payne - Deeper And Deeper Bee Gees - Lonely Days Showstoppers - Ain't Nothin' But A House Party Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Dropout Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Bless You Ray Stevens - Turn Your Radio On Jerry Lee Lewis - Chantilly Lace Joe Brown - Hey Mama Stealers Wheel - Everything Will Turn Out Fine Perry Como - Walk Right Back Billy Paul - Thanks For Saving My Life Elvis Presley - I've Got A Thing About You Baby Lena Zavaroni - Personality Mott The Hoople - Foxy, Foxy Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) Drifters - Love Games Kiki Dee Band - (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am Guys N Dolls - Here I Go Again Bryan Ferry - You Go To My Head Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Fallin' In Love 14-18 - Good-bye-ee Ethna Campbell - The Old Rugged Cross Gloria Gaynor - How High The Moon George McCrae - Honey I Rainbow Cottage - Seagull Linda Lewis - Baby I'm Yours David Bowie - TVC 15 Demis Roussos - Kyrila (EP) Real Thing - Love's Such A Wonderful Thing Bruce Johnston - Pipeline Billy Paul - Only The Strong Survive Boz Scaggs - Hollywood Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll Gene Farrow With The G.F Band - Move Your Body Tom Robinson Band - Up Against The Wall Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth Sine - Just Let Me Do My Thing Black Sabbath - Hard Road Earth Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life Chanson - Don't Hold Back Child - Only You (And You Alone) Voyager - Halfway Hotel Real Thing - Boogie Down (Get Funky Now) Pretenders - Kid John Du Cann - Don't Be A Dummy Number 36s Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Sweet Hitch-Hiker Settlers - The Lightning Tree Donald Peers & The Les Reed Orchestra - Give Me One More Chance Blackfoot Sue - Sing Don't Speak Archie Bell & The Drells - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'N' Roll Band) New Seekers - Goodbye Is Just Another Word Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light CCS - Band Played The Boogie Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong Cher - Dark Lady Ronnie Lane & The Band Slim Chance - The Poacher Tom Jones - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like R Dean Taylor - Window Shopping Mike McGear - Leave It John Lennon With The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band - Whatever Gets You Thru' The Night Gary Lewis & The Playboys - My Heart's Symphony Tam White - What In The World's Come Over You 53rd & 3rd - Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes Love It) People's Choice - Do It Anyway You Wanna Van McCoy - Change With The Times Nazareth - Holy Roller Ralph McTell - Dreams Of You Three Degrees - Toast Of Love Linda & The Funky Boys - Sold My Soul For Rock 'N' Roll (Gave It For Funky Soul) Carpenters - I Need To Be In Love Beach Boys - Rock & Roll Music Be Bop Deluxe - Hot Valves (EP) James Brown - Bodyheat Brick - Dazz Barry Biggs - You Are My Life Roni Hill - You Keep Me Hangin' On-Stop In The Name Of Love (Medley) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Anything That's Rock & Roll Ramones - Swallow My Pride Jigsaw - If I Have To Go Away Generation X - Your Generation The Jam - Modern World Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away Banned - Little Girl Eddie & The Hot Rods - Quit This Town Rush - Closer To The Heart Television - Foxhole Yes - Don't Kill The Whale Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War Phil Hurtt - Giving It Back Status Quo - Accident Prone Planets - Lines Stranglers - Nuclear Device (Wizard Of Aus) UK Subs - She's Not There/Kicks EP Storm - It's My House This post has been edited by AH Gold: Jul 26 2015, 09:13 PM |
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Jul 20 2015, 04:01 PM
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Number 33s
+10 Voyager - Halfway Hotel +9 George McCrae - Honey I +8 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Fallin' In Love +7 Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell +6 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye +5 Tom Robinson Band - Up Against The Wall +4 Real Thing - Love's Such A Wonderful Thing +3 Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth +2 Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch +1 Freda Payne - Deeper And Deeper my +9 and +8 are new discoveries for me and I pretty much love them already Number 36s +10 Linda & The Funky Boys - Sold My Soul For Rock 'N' Roll (Gave It For Funky Soul) +9 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'N' Roll Band) +8 Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War +7 R Dean Taylor - Window Shopping +6 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure +5 The Jam - Modern World +4 Ramones - Swallow My Pride +3 Cher - Dark Lady +2 Blackfoot Sue - Sing Don't Speak +1 Settlers - The Lightning Tree +10 should have been a bigger hit imo |
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Jul 20 2015, 04:37 PM
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there are at least 10 classics (to me) in each category - easily could have done top 20 and happily 30.
I'm old.....  if anyone has to do some research for these, 36's will reveal some gems, 33's less so oddly.... |
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Jul 20 2015, 05:02 PM
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+10 Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch +9 Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth +8 Pretenders - Kid +7 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye +6 Freda Payne - Deeper And Deeper +5 Drifters - Love Games +4 Real Thing - Love's Such A Wonderful Thing +3 Guys N Dolls - Here I Go Again +2 Gloria Gaynor - How High The Moon +1 Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell 36 +10 Cher - Dark Lady +9 The Jam - Modern World +8 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain +7 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Sweet Hitch-Hiker +6 Beach Boys - Rock & Roll Music +5 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure +4 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Anything That's Rock & Roll +3 Ramones - Swallow My Pride +2 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'N' Roll Band) +1 Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) |
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Jul 20 2015, 05:54 PM
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Number 33s +10 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye +9 Bee Gees - Lonely Days +8 Pretenders - Kid +7 Temptations - Psychadelic Shack +6 Gloria Gaynor - How High The Moon +5 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Fallin' In Love +4 Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown +3 Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) +2 Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch +1 Stealers Wheel - Everything Will Turn Out Fine Number 36s +10 Cher - Dark Lady +9 Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light +8 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure +7 Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War +6 Ronnie Lane & The Band Slim Chance - The Poacher +5 Gary Lewis & The Playboys - My Heart's Symphony +4 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain +3 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'N' Roll Band) +2 Van McCoy - Change With The Times +1 Mike McGear - Leave It (aka Mike McCartney) Fab! |
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Jul 21 2015, 07:41 AM
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Ok, I was born in 1977 - this is going to be tough.
Number 33s +10 The Kinks - Victoria (well, there was such a fuss about The Fall version in the 80s countdown!) +07 The Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell +04 David Bowie - TVC 15 +01 Demis Roussos - Kyrila (EP) Number 36s +10 Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War +09 Television - Foxhole +08 The Jam - Modern World +07 Blackfoot Sue - Sing Don't Speak +06 John Lennon With The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band - Whatever Gets You Thru' The Night +05 Van McCoy - Change With The Times +04 The Stranglers - Nuclear Device (Wizard Of Aus) +03 The Ramones - Swallow My Pride +02 Generation X - Your Generation +01 UK Subs - She's Not There/Kicks EP |
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Jul 22 2015, 11:00 AM
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+10 Pretenders - Kid +9 Tom Robinson Band - Up Against The Wall +8 Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth +7 David Bowie - TVC15 +6 Kinks - Victoria +5 Temptations - Psychadelic Shack +4 Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Dropout +3 Bryan Ferry - You Go To My Head 2 Black Sabbath - Hard Road +1 Rainbow - Long Live Rock N Roll Number 36s +10 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain +9 The Jam - Modern World +8 Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War +7 Banned - Little Girl +6 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Sweet Hitch-Hiker +5 Eddie & The Hot Rods - Quit This Town +4 Stranglers - Nuclear Device (Wizard Of Aus) +3 Ramones - Swallow My Pride +2 Generation X - Your Generation +1 Television - Foxhole |
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Jul 22 2015, 10:56 PM
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Number 33s
+10 Drifters - Love Games +9 Billy Paul - Only The Strong Survive +8 Linda Lewis - Baby I'm Yours +7 Real Thing - Love's Such A Wonderful Thing +6 Gloria Gaynor - How High The Moon +5 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye +4 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Bless You +3 Temptations - Psychadelic Shack +2 Billy Paul - Thanks For Saving My Life +1 Real Thing - Boogie Down (Get Funky Now) Number 36s +10 Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) +9 Archie Bell & The Drells - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown +8 Roni Hill - You Keep Me Hangin' On-Stop In The Name Of Love (Medley) +7 Tom Jones - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like +6 Carpenters - I Need To Be In Love +5 Three Degrees - Toast Of Love +4 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure +3 Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong +2 Van McCoy - Change With The Times +1 James Brown - Bodyheat |
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Jul 25 2015, 04:50 PM
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Reminder: Just under 24 hours left to vote
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Jul 26 2015, 09:05 PM
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Number 33s - The Results
And so, for the first time this round, here's the results. These got nothing: D, B, M & T - Mr President Showstoppers - Ain't Nothin' But A House Party Ray Stevens - Turn Your Radio On Jerry Lee Lewis - Chantilly Lace Joe Brown - Hey Mama Perry Como - Walk Right Back Elvis Presley - I've Got A Thing About You Baby Lena Zavaroni - Personality Mott The Hoople - Foxy, Foxy Kiki Dee Band - (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am 14-18 - Good-bye-ee Ethna Campbell - The Old Rugged Cross Rainbow Cottage - Seagull Bruce Johnston - Pipeline Boz Scaggs - Hollywood Gene Farrow With The G.F Band - Move Your Body Sine - Just Let Me Do My Thing Earth Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life Chanson - Don't Hold Back Child - Only You (And You Alone) John Du Cann - Don't Be A Dummy And these: 2. Pretenders - Kid 26 3. Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth 20 4. Kinks - Victoria 16 5. Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell 15 Drifters - Love Games 15 Real Thing - Love's Such A Wonderful Thing 15 Temptations - Psychadelic Shack 15 9. Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch 14 Tom Robinson Band - Up Against The Wall 14 Gloria Gaynor - How High The Moon 14 12. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Fallin' In Love 13 13. David Bowie - TVC 15 11 14. Voyager - Halfway Hotel 10 15. George McCrae - Honey I 9 Bee Gees - Lonely Days 9 Billy Paul - Only The Strong Survive 9 18. Linda Lewis - Baby I'm Yours 8 19. Freda Payne - Deeper And Deeper 7 20. Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown 4 Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Dropout 4 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Bless You 4 23. Guys N Dolls - Here I Go Again 3 Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) 3 Bryan Ferry - You Go To My Head 3 26. Black Sabbath - Hard Road 2 Billy Paul - Thanks For Saving My Life 2 28. Stealers Wheel - Everything Will Turn Out Fine 1 Demis Roussos - Kyrila (EP) 1 Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll 1 Real Thing - Boogie Down (Get Funky Now) 1 And going through to the final is: 1. Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye 28 The Ultimate 1970s Top 40: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. |
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Jul 26 2015, 09:11 PM
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Number 36s - The Results
No votes for any of these: Donald Peers & The Les Reed Orchestra - Give Me One More Chance New Seekers - Goodbye Is Just Another Word CCS - Band Played The Boogie Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock Tam White - What In The World's Come Over You 53rd & 3rd - Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes Love It) People's Choice - Do It Anyway You Wanna Nazareth - Holy Roller Ralph McTell - Dreams Of You Be Bop Deluxe - Hot Valves (EP) Brick - Dazz Barry Biggs - You Are My Life Jigsaw - If I Have To Go Away Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away Rush - Closer To The Heart Yes - Don't Kill The Whale Phil Hurtt - Giving It Back Status Quo - Accident Prone Planets - Lines Storm - It's My House As for these: 2. The Jam - Modern World 31 3. Cher - Dark Lady 23 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure 23 5. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain 22 6. Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'N' Roll Band) 14 7. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Sweet Hitch-Hiker 13 Ramones - Swallow My Pride 13 9. Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) 11 10. Linda & The Funky Boys - Sold My Soul For Rock 'N' Roll (Gave It For Funky Soul) 10 Television - Foxhole 10 12. Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light 9 Blackfoot Sue - Sing Don't Speak 9 Archie Bell & The Drells - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown 9 Van McCoy - Change With The Times 9 16. Stranglers - Nuclear Device (Wizard Of Aus) 8 Roni Hill - You Keep Me Hangin' On-Stop In The Name Of Love (Medley) 8 18. R Dean Taylor - Window Shopping 7 Banned - Little Girl 7 Tom Jones - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like 7 21. Beach Boys - Rock & Roll Music 6 Ronnie Lane & The Band Slim Chance - The Poacher 6 John Lennon With The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band - Whatever Gets You Thru' The Night 6 Carpenters - I Need To Be In Love 6 25. Gary Lewis & The Playboys - My Heart's Symphony 5 Eddie & The Hot Rods - Quit This Town 5 Three Degrees - Toast Of Love 5 28. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Anything That's Rock & Roll 4 Generation X - Your Generation 4 30. Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong 3 31. Settlers - The Lightning Tree 1 Mike McGear - Leave It 1 UK Subs - She's Not There/Kicks EP 1 James Brown - Bodyheat 1 And the winner: 1. Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War 33 The Ultimate 1970s Top 40: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye 34. 35. 36. Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War 37. 38. 39. 40. This post has been edited by AH Gold: Jul 26 2015, 09:12 PM |
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Jul 26 2015, 09:16 PM
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oh good winners if I can't have my number one's win
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